Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device and imaging system
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Application No.: US16233920Application Date: 2018-12-27
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Publication No.: US10771718B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Kazunari Kawabata , Takeshi Ichikawa , Masahiro Kobayashi , Yusuke Onuki , Hiroshi Sekine
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@4b921e1d com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@7094b562
- Main IPC: H04N5/355
- IPC: H04N5/355 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/235 ; H04N5/232 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
An imaging device includes pixels including a photoelectric conversion unit, a holding unit holding charge transferred from the photoelectric conversion unit, and an amplifier unit outputting signal based on the charge. The pixels output a first signal based on charge generated in a first exposure period and a second signal based on charge generated in a second exposure period of different length. In the first exposure period, the photoelectric conversion unit accumulates the generated charge, and charge held by the holding unit is transferred to the amplifier unit. The second exposure period includes a period of accumulating the generated charge only in the photoelectric conversion unit and a period of holding the generated charge in the photoelectric conversion unit and the holding unit. In the period of accumulating the generated charge only in the photoelectric conversion unit, the charge held by the holding unit is transferred to the amplifier unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190132533A1 IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2019-05-02
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